As Chinese companies listed in the U.S. have increasingly become the subject of accounting scandals, Washington has pressured Beijing to provide U.S. regulators access to the audit records of U.S.-listed Chinese companies. China’s refusal to do so…
The words China and intellectual property are often found together, but not always for the best reasons. Although protection and enforcement of IP rights has improved significantly over the past years, it is still one of the main concerns for both…
China’s struggling shipping industry should receive a little bit of encouragement from recent forecasts that it is likely to reclaim the title of the world’s largest shipbuilder by value this year, even if that it largely thanks to the even worse…
As one of Japan’s Big Four law firms, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune has made it its mission to improve diversity and inclusion, or D&I, across the firm and Japan’s legal industry. ALB talks to Mari Itoh, a partner at AMT and a founding member of the firm’s D&I committee, about AMT’s D&I initiatives, goals, and challenges.
ALB Asia's Fastest Growing Firms: One Asia Lawyers Group
One Asia Lawyers Group has been recognised by Asian Legal Business as one of Asia’s fastest-growing firms this year. In this interview with ALB, OAL Managing Partner Tetsuo Kurita shares some of his firm's growth highlights and development strategies.
Kingfisher ALB Hong Kong Law Awards: Hear From Our Partners
After two years of virtual events, the Kingfisher ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2022 made an epic in-person comeback on Sept. 9, bringing around 200 legal professionals and leaders together for the prestigious celebration held concurrently at the Island Shangri-La and the Ritz-Carlton, and connected via livestream.
Before the event, ALB chatted with our event partners to hear their tho…